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(26) Proserpina

Orbital Elements

   (26) Proserpina
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M 311.16814              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22770849     Peri.  193.80807     -0.50395010     +0.86257759
a   2.6559297      Node    45.95223     -0.78644408     -0.43686477
e   0.0883836      Incl.    3.56207     -0.35712744     -0.25516480
P   4.33           H    7.5           G   0.15
From 163 observations at 40 oppositions, 1879-1993, mean residual 0".79.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2000 02 06    13 10.90   -03 42.3    1.905    2.530   118.7    20.0    11.9
2000 02 11    13 11.98   -03 46.4    1.844    2.526   123.5    19.0    11.8
2000 02 16    13 12.40   -03 46.9    1.787    2.522   128.4    17.9    11.7
2000 02 21    13 12.17   -03 43.8    1.733    2.518   133.5    16.6    11.6
2000 02 26    13 11.25   -03 37.1    1.684    2.514   138.8    15.0    11.5
2000 03 02    13 09.66   -03 27.0    1.639    2.510   144.2    13.4    11.3
2000 03 07    13 07.41   -03 13.6    1.599    2.506   149.8    11.5    11.2
2000 03 12    13 04.55   -02 57.4    1.564    2.503   155.5     9.5    11.1
2000 03 17    13 01.17   -02 38.9    1.536    2.499   161.3     7.3    11.0
2000 03 22    12 57.34   -02 18.7    1.514    2.495   167.1     5.1    10.8
2000 03 27    12 53.18   -01 57.5    1.499    2.492   172.8     2.9    10.7
2000 04 01    12 48.82   -01 36.1    1.490    2.488   176.6     1.3    10.5
2000 04 06    12 44.40   -01 15.3    1.488    2.485   173.4     2.7    10.6
2000 04 11    12 40.06   -00 56.0    1.493    2.481   167.8     4.9    10.8
2000 04 16    12 35.95   -00 38.9    1.504    2.478   162.0     7.2    10.9
2000 04 21    12 32.19   -00 24.7    1.522    2.475   156.2     9.4    11.0
2000 04 26    12 28.89   -00 14.0    1.545    2.472   150.5    11.5    11.1
2000 05 01    12 26.12   -00 06.9    1.574    2.469   145.0    13.5    11.2
2000 05 06    12 23.95   -00 03.9    1.608    2.466   139.7    15.3    11.3
2000 05 11    12 22.43   -00 05.1    1.647    2.463   134.5    17.0    11.4
2000 05 16    12 21.58   -00 10.4    1.689    2.460   129.6    18.5    11.5
2000 05 21    12 21.39   -00 19.8    1.735    2.457   124.8    19.8    11.6
2000 05 26    12 21.85   -00 33.1    1.784    2.455   120.2    20.9    11.7
2000 05 31    12 22.94   -00 50.1    1.835    2.452   115.7    21.9    11.8
2000 06 05    12 24.64   -01 10.7    1.889    2.450   111.5    22.7    11.9

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